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  1. Buy a 9500 Pro instead by SensitiveMale · · Score: 5, Informative · on Radeon 9700 Pro: ATI Ahead

    The only difference is 1/2 the memory bandwidth. While that may seem like a lot, the 9500 pro actually gives @ 70% of the performance of the 9700 Pro.

    and....

    The 9700 Pro, 9700, and the 9500 Pro use the exact same GPU. So download a new bios at www.3dchipset.com/temp/warp11.zip and you can overclock the GPU to get almost 90% of the performance of a 9700 Pro.

    Read all about it here Firingsquad.com

    Also make sure to get DirectX 9

    and New Catalyst 3.0 Drivers

    And the 9500 Pro is a cheap at $180 delivered.

    www.pricewatch.com

  2. Re:This isn't just Linux! by GarfBond · · Score: 2, Informative · on Problems With OEM ATI Cards And ATI's Linux Driver
    It's possible the original drivers are buggy. It certainly isn't *impossible* (and it won't be impossible for NV either, you might note. GFFX is not a rehashed GF3 core like the GF4 was, and it is likely that NV will run into the occasional driver hiccup with their new series as well). FWIW, the 9700pro driver launch has been ATI's smoothest to date.

    In any case, in Windows at least, you could benefit from downloading the latest drivers. Of all the things I own, video cards is the one category where upgrading the drivers can improve things...a lot.

    While ATI has been known to have shitty drivers in the past (r128, R100, and early R200 days mostly), they have been working hard to fix this problem. The latest driver set is CATALYST 02.4 (win2k and xp win9x required control panel). ATI's even gone as far as producing a PDF that describes exactly what was fixed in the release.

    1st Party support for linux drivers have been new to them (this is only their first official release) so give them some time before they mature.

  3. Re:This isn't just Linux! by GarfBond · · Score: 2, Informative · on Problems With OEM ATI Cards And ATI's Linux Driver
    It's possible the original drivers are buggy. It certainly isn't *impossible* (and it won't be impossible for NV either, you might note. GFFX is not a rehashed GF3 core like the GF4 was, and it is likely that NV will run into the occasional driver hiccup with their new series as well). FWIW, the 9700pro driver launch has been ATI's smoothest to date.

    In any case, in Windows at least, you could benefit from downloading the latest drivers. Of all the things I own, video cards is the one category where upgrading the drivers can improve things...a lot.

    While ATI has been known to have shitty drivers in the past (r128, R100, and early R200 days mostly), they have been working hard to fix this problem. The latest driver set is CATALYST 02.4 (win2k and xp win9x required control panel). ATI's even gone as far as producing a PDF that describes exactly what was fixed in the release.

    1st Party support for linux drivers have been new to them (this is only their first official release) so give them some time before they mature.

  4. Re:This isn't just Linux! by GarfBond · · Score: 2, Informative · on Problems With OEM ATI Cards And ATI's Linux Driver
    It's possible the original drivers are buggy. It certainly isn't *impossible* (and it won't be impossible for NV either, you might note. GFFX is not a rehashed GF3 core like the GF4 was, and it is likely that NV will run into the occasional driver hiccup with their new series as well). FWIW, the 9700pro driver launch has been ATI's smoothest to date.

    In any case, in Windows at least, you could benefit from downloading the latest drivers. Of all the things I own, video cards is the one category where upgrading the drivers can improve things...a lot.

    While ATI has been known to have shitty drivers in the past (r128, R100, and early R200 days mostly), they have been working hard to fix this problem. The latest driver set is CATALYST 02.4 (win2k and xp win9x required control panel). ATI's even gone as far as producing a PDF that describes exactly what was fixed in the release.

    1st Party support for linux drivers have been new to them (this is only their first official release) so give them some time before they mature.

  5. Re:This isn't just Linux! by GarfBond · · Score: 2, Informative · on Problems With OEM ATI Cards And ATI's Linux Driver
    It's possible the original drivers are buggy. It certainly isn't *impossible* (and it won't be impossible for NV either, you might note. GFFX is not a rehashed GF3 core like the GF4 was, and it is likely that NV will run into the occasional driver hiccup with their new series as well). FWIW, the 9700pro driver launch has been ATI's smoothest to date.

    In any case, in Windows at least, you could benefit from downloading the latest drivers. Of all the things I own, video cards is the one category where upgrading the drivers can improve things...a lot.

    While ATI has been known to have shitty drivers in the past (r128, R100, and early R200 days mostly), they have been working hard to fix this problem. The latest driver set is CATALYST 02.4 (win2k and xp win9x required control panel). ATI's even gone as far as producing a PDF that describes exactly what was fixed in the release.

    1st Party support for linux drivers have been new to them (this is only their first official release) so give them some time before they mature.

  6. Re:RPM package format only by crimsun · · Score: 5, Informative · on ATI Releases New Linux Drivers

    Please see this file. It recommends using Alien [Debian users are specifically mentioned], which can easily generate a tgz as well.

    Also of note is that Debian Sid's libc6 isn't supported. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) Again, please refer to the above readme.

  7. Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on The Nation of Macintosh?

    Do Macs have problems like this?

    Or is it just Windows?